ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,312, issued on May 6, was assigned to POLYVALOR LP (Montreal).
"Solar power generators" was invented by Yves Audet (La Macaza, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solar power generator has: a frame securable to an underwater ground surface; a shaft supported by the frame; a casing floatable on a body of water and movably mounted to the frame via the shaft, the casing rotatable relative to the frame about a first axis defined by the shaft; a photovoltaic cell array secured to the casing; and a motor operatively connected to the casing for rotating the casing about the first axis to orient the photovoltaic cell array towards a sun ...